Diolinoir is a variety of red wine grape. It was created by André Jaquinet at Station Fédérale de Recheres en Production Végétale de Changins in 1970 by crossing Rouge de Diolly and Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir

Pinot noir is a black wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. The name may also refer to wines created predominantly from Pinot noir grapes...

. Total Swiss plantations of the variety in 2009 stood at 112 hectares (276.8 acre).

Diolinoir has very good resistance to rot and has an intermediate ripening time. It is more often used in cuvée

Cuvee

Cuvée is a French wine term derived from cuve, meaning vat or tank. The term cuvée is used with several different meanings, more or less based on the concept of a tank of wine put to some purpose:...

s than on its own.